Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium

摘要/摘要 东南医学科学家研讨会(SEMSS)成立于2010年，由来自 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校、埃默里大学和范德比尔特大学医学院 科学家培训计划(MSTP)。这三个项目共同主办了为期六年的研讨会 位置在伯明翰(2010、2013)、亚特兰大(2011、2014)和纳什维尔轮换的年份 (2012、2015)。研讨会的目标是鼓励合作和跨学科的 美国东南部地区的教育环境。这位全职学生- 组织的研讨会旨在促进医学博士/博士生之间的联系 东南部的院校，让学生接触到固有的趋势、挑战和机遇 在学术医生的职业生涯中。未来的SEMSS会议将继续轮换地点 伯明翰、亚特兰大和纳什维尔，以优化地区学生参与。这是一部 每个SEMS都有并将继续包括主旨演讲者演讲、多个特定主题 分组会议、MSTP学生研究口头和海报会议以及社交活动。这个 分组讨论分为MD/博士生、本科生和 住院医生/研究员。会议为期两天，会议内容从下午早些时候开始。 周六，周日下午早些时候结束。SEMSS的目标受众是 东南部培训项目中的MD/博士生和住院医生/研究员、MD学生和 东南院校的本科生对未来的职业生涯感兴趣 内科医生-科学家。这个研讨会的另一个目的是让本科生接触到 医生-科学家实习生和教职员工，以培养对学术职业的热情 并增加未来内科科学家的流水线。我们认为，这一额外的关注 对来自该地区的本科生是至关重要的，我们的目标是加强管道 据美国新闻和媒体报道，来自医学专业(URIM)背景的学生 世界报道，历史上排名前20的黑人学院和大学中有9所位于 在阿拉巴马州、佐治亚州、田纳西州、密西西比州或路易斯安那州。

Summary/Abstract The Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) was established in 2010 by students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Emory University, and Vanderbilt University Medical Scientist Training Programs (MSTPs). The three programs have co-hosted the symposium for six years with the location rotating among Birmingham (2010, 2013), Atlanta (2011, 2014), and Nashville (2012, 2015). The objective of the symposium is to encourage a collaborative and interdisciplinary educational environment within the Southeast region of the United States. This fully student- organized symposium seeks to foster connections between the MD/PhD students at multiple institutions across the Southeast, exposing students to trends, challenges, and opportunities inherent in careers of academic physicians. Future SEMSS meetings will continue to rotate locations between Birmingham, Atlanta, and Nashville in order to optimize regional student participation. The program of each SEMSS has and will continue to include keynote speaker presentations, multiple topic-specific breakout sessions, MSTP student research oral and poster sessions, and social events. The breakout sessions are divided into sessions of interest to MD/PhD students, undergraduates, and residents/fellows. The meetings span two days, with content starting in the early afternoon on a Saturday and ending in the early afternoon on Sunday. The target audience for the SEMSS is MD/PhD students in training programs in the southeast and residents/fellows, MD students, and undergraduate students at southeastern institutions who have an interest in future careers as physician-scientists. An additional purpose of this symposium is to expose undergraduate students to physician-scientist trainees and faculty in order to foster excitement about careers in academic medicine and increase the pipeline of future physician-scientists. We think that this additional focus on undergraduate students from the region is critical to our purpose of enhancing the pipeline of students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (URIM), as according to US News and World Report, nine of the top twenty historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are located in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, or Louisiana.